Child sexual abuse survivors have joined the Catholic Church
to call on the Turnbull government to commit to a national redress
scheme, fearing they will receive different levels of compensation,
depending on where they were abused, through state-run schemes.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse last year recommended the federal government establish a single national redress scheme for 60,000 survivors, which it said was "the most effective structure for ensuring justice for survivors" and the most cost-efficient model. The "next-best option" was for state and territory governments to run their own schemes, it said.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/child-abuse-compensation-could-be-paid-in-state-schemes-20160315-gnjcyn.html
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse last year recommended the federal government establish a single national redress scheme for 60,000 survivors, which it said was "the most effective structure for ensuring justice for survivors" and the most cost-efficient model. The "next-best option" was for state and territory governments to run their own schemes, it said.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/child-abuse-compensation-could-be-paid-in-state-schemes-20160315-gnjcyn.html